Neil Steinberg
@neilsteinberg.bsky.social
News columnist on staff at the Chicago Sun-Times since 1987, also blogging daily at everygoddamnday.com, and the author of nine books, the most recent being "Every Goddamn Day," published by the University of Chicago Press.
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Give this your time.
It provides such stark contrasts among evil men, decent men, and good men.
It provides such stark contrasts among evil men, decent men, and good men.
January 4, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Give this your time.
It provides such stark contrasts among evil men, decent men, and good men.
It provides such stark contrasts among evil men, decent men, and good men.
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Reposted by Neil Steinberg
Insults, spoiled food and no bedding — inside a Chicago landscaper’s ordeal with ICE in Broadview - Chicago Sun-Times by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
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Insults, spoiled food and no bedding — inside a Chicago landscaper’s ordeal with ICE in Broadview
A Chicago man recounts 10 weeks in federal custody, where detention in Michigan was far more humane than at the Broadview facility.
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January 4, 2026 at 6:07 AM
Insults, spoiled food and no bedding — inside a Chicago landscaper’s ordeal with ICE in Broadview - Chicago Sun-Times by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
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Reposted by Neil Steinberg
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Not bad for our first attempt at a charcuterie board. Happy New Year everybody!
January 1, 2026 at 12:13 AM
Not bad for our first attempt at a charcuterie board. Happy New Year everybody!
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"Farewell to a roller-coaster year jammed with a decade's worth of events, few of them good. Strap in — things may get worse before they get better," columnist Neil Steinberg writes.
Buh-bye 2025, don't let the door hit you on the way out
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 11:31 PM
"Farewell to a roller-coaster year jammed with a decade's worth of events, few of them good. Strap in — things may get worse before they get better," columnist Neil Steinberg writes.
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This is the Sun-Times in a nutshell. On one hand, we were headed by this lipless smug asshat who we paid $900,000 to browbeat cringing underlings. On the other, we prominently laid out the whole story on a day the paper was rattling the cup extra hard. Whew.
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chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
Ex-CEO of Chicago Public Media saw $900,000 payout in 2024, IRS filings show
Compensation for Matt Moog rose as the company slashed jobs at the Chicago Sun-Times and at WBEZ.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the Sun-Times in a nutshell. On one hand, we were headed by this lipless smug asshat who we paid $900,000 to browbeat cringing underlings. On the other, we prominently laid out the whole story on a day the paper was rattling the cup extra hard. Whew.
chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
A reader accused me of not sugar coating the news, but delivering the stark truth. I had to reply: "Thanks. Though I sugar coat plenty. The truth is so grim, you can water it down a lot and it still seems stark."
2026 is going to be terrible, with ICE gaining strength and Trump a wounded beast.
2026 is going to be terrible, with ICE gaining strength and Trump a wounded beast.
December 31, 2025 at 2:57 PM
A reader accused me of not sugar coating the news, but delivering the stark truth. I had to reply: "Thanks. Though I sugar coat plenty. The truth is so grim, you can water it down a lot and it still seems stark."
2026 is going to be terrible, with ICE gaining strength and Trump a wounded beast.
2026 is going to be terrible, with ICE gaining strength and Trump a wounded beast.
This is the Sun-Times in a nutshell. On one hand, we were headed by this lipless smug asshat who we paid $900,000 to browbeat cringing underlings. On the other, we prominently laid out the whole story on a day the paper was rattling the cup extra hard. Whew.
chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
Ex-CEO of Chicago Public Media saw $900,000 payout in 2024, IRS filings show
Compensation for Matt Moog rose as the company slashed jobs at the Chicago Sun-Times and at WBEZ.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:42 PM
This is the Sun-Times in a nutshell. On one hand, we were headed by this lipless smug asshat who we paid $900,000 to browbeat cringing underlings. On the other, we prominently laid out the whole story on a day the paper was rattling the cup extra hard. Whew.
chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
chicago.suntimes.com/work/2025/12...
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A good perspective on the passage of time as he reflects on the past year and the year ahead from @neilsteinberg.bsky.social in the @chicago.suntimes.com
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Buh-bye 2025, don't let the door hit you on the way out
Farewell to a roller-coaster year jammed with a decade's worth of events, few of them good. Strap in — things may get worse before they get better.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:17 PM
A good perspective on the passage of time as he reflects on the past year and the year ahead from @neilsteinberg.bsky.social in the @chicago.suntimes.com
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chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2...
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Buh-bye 2025, don't let the door hit you on the way out - Chicago Sun-Times by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
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Buh-bye 2025, don't let the door hit you on the way out
Farewell to a roller-coaster year jammed with a decade's worth of events, few of them good. Strap in — things may get worse before they get better.
chicago.suntimes.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Buh-bye 2025, don't let the door hit you on the way out - Chicago Sun-Times by @neilsteinberg.bsky.social
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Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD:
"Hope is the last coin in your pocket when you've spent everything else. Hope is faith when belief has drained away and you figure things have got to get better because the thought of them getting worse is just unimaginable."
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"Hope is the last coin in your pocket when you've spent everything else. Hope is faith when belief has drained away and you figure things have got to get better because the thought of them getting worse is just unimaginable."
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Roll with it we shall
The blog of Neil Steinberg
www.everygoddamnday.com
December 31, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Miss it? TEN years ago on EGD:
"Hope is the last coin in your pocket when you've spent everything else. Hope is faith when belief has drained away and you figure things have got to get better because the thought of them getting worse is just unimaginable."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/12/roll...
"Hope is the last coin in your pocket when you've spent everything else. Hope is faith when belief has drained away and you figure things have got to get better because the thought of them getting worse is just unimaginable."
www.everygoddamnday.com/2015/12/roll...